Mark has an exclusive line of Spanish AYA’s ( Bournbrook) imported directly to his store from northern Basque Country…El Pais Vasco…made to Mark’s specifications and his choice of gorgeous woods. This is probably the best valued Spanish gun in the US…all hand made…at least in my humble opinion. M.W. Reynolds has a welcoming atmosphere where his…
Category: Bird Dog Art
Wayne Simmons’ The Story of Jules Verne: A Watch Pocket Dog
Stoically, I wait on for the upcoming bird-dog season and the aspen auxins to change the leaves from the green to golds of the Colorado blue grouse country…the caddis are hatching on my home waters seducing recluse big-browns to the surface. Before long, I’ll be in the Colorado high country hunting greenback cutthroats with mayflies, yellow…
The Master
People just don’t say things or write them the way they used to. Not to dwell on nostalgia…but we live in the days of instant gratification…the days of go big or go home. I recently finished a great book on 1776 giving the first hand accounts of General George Washington‘s first year as the commander of…
William Harnden Foster Painting
Here’s another William Harnden Foster painting for your blog: Sport’s Peerless Pride, the 1939 National Champion. My old friend Earl Crangle, the legendary professional trainer, rode Pride’s brace that year (Earl was 19 at the time) and even helped scout for Pride’s handler, Dewey English. I remember Earl telling me “I saw every jump Sport’s…
>William Harnden Foster
>Excerpt from Animal and Sporting Artists in America by F. Turner Reuter, Jr. © 2008: Foster was born in Andover, MA, on 22 July 1886. The son of a railroad man who was also an avid wingshooter, he grew up around shotguns and steam locomotives and retained a lifelong interest in both. He studied for…
Upland Ways 